![]() However, the potential for vigorous communist movements remained largely untapped due to the recklessness of Borodin and his aides. Through them, Borodin tried to mobilise the widespread euphoria for Bolshevism that existed among sectors of the Mexican and the Spanish left. In order to do this, he latched onto pre-existing networks of transnational activism and recruited a posse of young, committed, and cosmopolitan cadre. ![]() He helped create the Mexican and the Spanish communist parties. From Mexico to Moscow via Madrid: the Borodin mission and the origins of communism in Mexico and Spain, 1919-20 Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez Institute of Historical Research, Humanities Division National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Abstract: This article traces the steps of Mikhail Borodin, the first Comintern representative in Mexico and Spain, in 1919-20.
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